tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615496199721498323.post2543173167574114569..comments2024-03-22T08:29:51.173-05:00Comments on UM & Global: Whither the central conferences in a "loosened" connection? Part 1David W. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17024204453848260271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4615496199721498323.post-47796039495789108212017-08-30T14:58:06.864-05:002017-08-30T14:58:06.864-05:00This is an enormously useful set of comments, and ...This is an enormously useful set of comments, and I look forward to the next set. The Philippines is a place where cultural difference demands that we not assume the words "conservative" or "progressive" have any real meaning. And unlike the European Methodists they have little to gain in terms of legitimacy by ties to the US Methodists in particular. They might be well served by autonomy, as indeed most national UM churches would be. Its time for "looser" to mean affiliated autonomous churches rather than a "global" UMC. Robert Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12733025264316575349noreply@blogger.com